Entomologist

Career highlights

Make a difference

Use your specialist knowledge of insects to make diverse impacts across agriculture, biosecurity and ecosystems. Support agriculture producers with pollination of crops to improve yields, protect against pests and diseases, identify biosecurity threats, monitor and managing pest outbreaks, to informing sustainable practices on farms and broader ecosystems including nutrient cycling in soils.

Exciting & diverse

From farms to forests, laboratories to museum collections, each day as an entomologist can be different. From monitoring and collecting insects in the field, to conducting research trials on farm sites, advising growers and stakeholders on how to improve sustainability and manage pest outreaks, to identifying new species. You could work in research, biosecurity, pest management, in museums as a curator, or as a consultant informing conservation and environmental management.

What the job involves

Entomologists are specialist scientists that study the role and impacts of insects in ecosystems. They apply specialist knowledge of insect biology, agriculture and ecology to better understand insects, and promote more improved practices for farmers and communities to support agricultural production, biodiversity, biosecurity and conservation. From conducting research trials in the laboratory and field sites, to monitoring and identifying insects on farms, data collection and analysis, sharing specialist knowledge with communities and at conferences, collaborating with biosecurity to plan pest and disease management, to curating museum collections, entomologists have many diverse roles.

What best describes you?

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Business and Management

TasTAFE certifications (16+)

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

Science and Technology

TasTAFE certifications (16+)

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

Horticulture and Cropping

TasTAFE certifications (16+)

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

Sustainability

TasTAFE certifications (16+)

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

Biosecurity

TasTAFE certifications (16+)

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

Animals and Livestock

TasTAFE certifications (16+)

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

Food and Products

TasTAFE certifications (16+)

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

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TAFE courses (16+)

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

Do you have a particular area of agriculture in mind?

Business and Management

TasTAFE certifications

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

University degrees and diplomas

Science and Technology

TasTAFE certifications

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

University degrees and diplomas

Horticulture and Cropping

TasTAFE certifications

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

University degrees and diplomas

Sustainability

TasTAFE certifications

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

University degrees and diplomas

Biosecurity

TasTAFE certifications

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

University degrees and diplomas

Animals and Livestock

TasTAFE certifications

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

University degrees and diplomas

Food and Products

TasTAFE certifications

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

University degrees and diplomas

Not sure yet - show me everything

TasTAFE certifications

School subjects, VET courses and School-based Apprenticeships

University degrees and diplomas

What are you looking for?

Do you have a particular area of agriculture in mind?

Business and Management

Science and Technology

Horticulture and Cropping

Sustainability

Biosecurity

Animals and Livestock

Food and Products

Not sure yet - show me everything

Do you have a particular area of agriculture in mind?

Business and Management

TasTAFE certifications

University degrees and diplomas

Science and Technology

TasTAFE certifications

University degrees and diplomas

Horticulture and Cropping

TasTAFE certifications

University degrees and diplomas